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United States Patent | 5,517,400 |
Esser | May 14, 1996 |
In a method for controlling rectifiers of an inductive element for reversible energy transmission first rectifiers are connected to a primary circuit of the inductive element and second rectifiers are connected to a secondary circuit of the inductive element. The first and the second rectifiers are switched in a constant timing ratio. The first rectifiers are controlled by a central signal source with a constant frequency. The second rectifiers are constant frequency. The signals derived from the changing potential at the inductive element. With this method it is possible to provide a control of the rectifiers such that they are switched depending on one another without being directly connected to one another.
Inventors: | Esser; Albert (Schenectady, NY) |
Assignee: | Schwan; Ulrich (Salem-Beuren, DE) |
Appl. No.: | 306256 |
Filed: | September 14, 1994 |
Feb 03, 1992[DE] | 42 02 988.0 |
Current U.S. Class: | 363/89; 363/127 |
Intern'l Class: | H02M 003/10 |
Field of Search: | 363/84,89,124,125,127,128 |
3986097 | Oct., 1976 | Woods | 363/124. |
4958268 | Sep., 1990 | Nagagata et al. | 363/16. |
5029062 | Jul., 1991 | Capel | 363/26. |
5138249 | Aug., 1992 | Capel | 323/283. |
5208740 | May., 1993 | Ehsani | 363/124. |
5218522 | Jun., 1993 | Phelps et al. | 363/124. |